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LOVERS AND HATERS TP A LOVE AND ROCKETS BOOK (MR)
(W) GILBERT HERNANDEZ (A) GILBERT HERNANDEZ (C) GILBERT HERNANDEZ
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 162453 SKU: 0925FB0750
The first story collection in Gilbert Hernandez’s Palomar saga to take place after the events of 2010’s High Soft Lisp is torn from the pages of Love and Rockets: New Stories- Love and Rockets Vol. IV- and Psychodrama Illustrated—and expanded with 14 new pages! In Lovers and Haters- 50-year-old cult movie actress Fritz- in addition to her alcoholism and the ups and downs of her career- must also contend with a controlling lover- Danny; a jealous rival- Mila; a score of younger Fritz imitators- a sex cult; and mad scientists. Also in her orbit is her niece- Killer (sometimes literally- as seen in a Doctor Who-inspired TV show)- a teen actress trying to launch a singing career while solving math problems. The specter of Fritz’s mother- Maria — also a cult movie actress — haunts them all with her beauty from beyond the grave.With a sprawling cast- Lovers and Haters is about mothers and daughters- aunts and nieces- complex and often toxic relationships- artists and exploiters- personas and obsessions. It reads like an X-rated The Substance mixed with Mommy Dearest and Performance- with an added dash of giallo.
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LOVERS AND HATERS TP A LOVE AND ROCKETS BOOK (MR)
(W) GILBERT HERNANDEZ (A) GILBERT HERNANDEZ (C) GILBERT HERNANDEZ
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 162453 SKU: 0925FB0750
The first story collection in Gilbert Hernandez’s Palomar saga to take place after the events of 2010’s High Soft Lisp is torn from the pages of Love and Rockets: New Stories- Love and Rockets Vol. IV- and Psychodrama Illustrated—and expanded with 14 new pages! In Lovers and Haters- 50-year-old cult movie actress Fritz- in addition to her alcoholism and the ups and downs of her career- must also contend with a controlling lover- Danny; a jealous rival- Mila; a score of younger Fritz imitators- a sex cult; and mad scientists. Also in her orbit is her niece- Killer (sometimes literally- as seen in a Doctor Who-inspired TV show)- a teen actress trying to launch a singing career while solving math problems. The specter of Fritz’s mother- Maria — also a cult movie actress — haunts them all with her beauty from beyond the grave.With a sprawling cast- Lovers and Haters is about mothers and daughters- aunts and nieces- complex and often toxic relationships- artists and exploiters- personas and obsessions. It reads like an X-rated The Substance mixed with Mommy Dearest and Performance- with an added dash of giallo.
